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FULL WAXWINGS (Clive Ives, Mark Ives) London 2015 Guy Elliott, Emily Blanch, Katie Grosset
Information on the Performance
- Work Title: Waxwings
- Composer: Clive Ives, Mark Ives
- Libretto: Tim Yealland Libretto Text, Libretto Index
- Venue & Opera Company: Kings Place, London, UK, English Touring Opera
- Recorded: Augsut 6 & 7. 2015
- Type: Staged Opera Live
- Singers: Guy Elliott, Emily Blanch, Katie Grosset, Ricardo Campos
- Conductor:
- Orchestra:
- Stage Director: Tim Yealland
- Stage Designer: Ruth Paton
- Costume Designer:
Information about the Recording
- Published by: Tête à Tête
- Date Published: 2015
- Format: Streaming
- Quality Video: 4 Audio:4
- Subtitles: nosubs
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS PERFORMANCE
Genesis
WAXWINGS is the latest opera to be commissioned by English Touring Opera for young people with severe special educational needs, and is its first electro-‐acoustic opera. It follows Rumbled in 2014, Spin in 2013 and RedBlueGreen in 2012. WAXWINGS toured the UK in Spring 2015, with performances in special schools up and down the country. It has also had a run of performances at the Philharmonie in Luxembourg. The opera has been specially adapted for Tête à Tête: The Opera Festival 2015 to appeal also to an audience of young children and their families. WAXWINGS is designed to engage directly with every member of the audience.
Synopsis
Olly and Cilla are brother and sister. Olly loves birds but everything else scares him, especially school, and he depends on Cilla. Olly has overslept and they are late for their first day at a new school. At the bus stop they meet a woman who has a bird in a cage. It is a waxwing. The woman lets them buy it. They teach the waxwing about how to survive in the city and take it to the school with them. Mrs Buzzard is their new teacher, andshe dislikes Olly immediately. When she finds out there is a bird in his pocket, she calls for the head teacher. Cilla and Olly decide the only way for them to escape is to make wings made of feathers and wax.